Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 83

Notice to Mariners, No. 1 of 1891.

DREDGING OPERATIONS AT WESTPORT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 20th January, 1891.

THE Westport Harbour Board have notified that, while dredging operations are proceeding at the Port of Westport, the following signals will be shown on the dredge:—

On the side of the dredge that all vessels should pass, a RED flag will be shown by day and a RED light by night. A WHITE light will also be shown on the side opposite to the RED light, as well as a WHITE light, visible all round, at the masthead.

Masters of steamers passing the dredge at night are requested to stop their engines when practicable, and also to slow their engines to less than half-speed for at least one hundred yards before arriving abreast of the dredge by day, as well as by night, to avoid fouling the moorings.

THOS. FERGUS,
For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 1st December, 1890.

IN pursuance of regulations under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1892, the period of literature will be the period of the Commonwealth, and the special books will be Shakespeare’s King Lear and The Tempest.

FRED. WHITAKER,
For the Minister of Education.

Additional Land taken in the Suburbs of Auckland for Purposes of the Auckland-Kaipara Railway.

A NOTIFICATION.

WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Auckland-Kaipara Railway, to take further land in the Suburbs of Auckland, in addition to land previously acquired for the purposes of the said railway:

Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on us by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling us in that behalf, do hereby notify and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked 4898, deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, and thereon coloured yellow, blue, and purple.

Given under the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, this twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

(L.S.) JAMES MCKERROW.
W. M. HANNAY.

Notice as to Removal of Restrictions on the Alienation of Land by Natives.

Native Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1890.

CLAUSE 5 of “The Native Land Act, 1888,” provides that existing restrictions on alienation may be removed or declared void by the Governor in Council, on the application of a majority in number of the Native owners.

Clause 17 of “The Native Land Court Acts Amendment Act, 1889,” provides that where application is made to the Governor to remove or make void any restrictions on alienation under the provisions of section 5 of “The Native Land Act, 1888,” or where the consent of the Governor to any alienation of the land comprised in any grant heretofore or hereafter to be issued is required by the terms of such grant, then, before such power is exercised or consent given, inquiry shall be made by the Court as therein mentioned.

It is hereby notified that any persons making application under the foregoing provisions must furnish the following information:—

1. The name (if any) of the land granted, and the numbers and dates of the grants or other instruments containing the restrictions sought to be removed, or sufficient other information to enable grants or instruments of title to be traced and identified.

2. Whether the applicant is an original grantee or a successor of an original grantee. If the latter, copy of the succession order must be forwarded with the application.

3. Where consent is required to any partial alienation of land, such as by lease or mortgage, an engrossment of the instrument of alienation to which the consent of the Governor is required must be forwarded in duplicate, and one copy will be retained for the purposes of record.

4. Each signature to an application must be attested by a Judge, Registrar, or Licensed Interpreter of the Native Land Court, a Justice of the Peace, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, a Clerk of Resident Magistrate’s Court, or a Postmaster.

5. In cases where the application is written in English, but signed by a Native, in addition to the attestation of the signature, a certificate must be appended, signed by a Licensed Interpreter of the Native Land Court, certifying that the application was read over in Maori, and explained to the Native before signing, and that he appeared fully to understand the same.

6. Any person signing the name of another to any application without sufficient authority will render himself liable to such penalties as the law provides. In all cases where practicable the authority to sign as agent should accompany the application.

By order.

T. W. LEWIS,
Under-Secretary.

Sittings of the Supreme Court, Wellington Judicial District.

WE, three Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by “The Supreme Court Act, 1882,” hereby make the following rules respecting the time and place for holding a sitting of the Supreme Court in the Judicial District of Wellington in the present year:—

A sitting for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867,” will be held at the Supreme Courthouse, Napier, to commence on Monday, the 2nd day of March, 1891, at 11 a.m. Such sitting to be in lieu of the sitting appointed to be held on the 17th day of March, 1891.

Given under our hands, this twelfth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.

Notice of Applications for Patents.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1891.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned applications have been accepted, and are open to public inspection.

Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing, in duplicate, of opposition to the grant of the patent, stating in such notice the particular grounds of his objection.

No. 4804.—CHARLES EDWARD THOMSON, of Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand, Bank Manager. An invention for an oscillating-bladed water-wheel to utilise the power of running water without construction of race.

No. 4805.—FREDERICK ALFRED MESSER and WALTER FULLER THORPE, both of 8, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, England, Engineers. An invention for an improved method of, and apparatus for, storing pails with water or other liquid for use in fire-extinguishing and for other purposes.

No. 4806.—JAMES BENJAMIN POYNTER, of Wellington, New Zealand, Accountant. An invention for a new or improved calculating machine.

No. 4807.—WILLIAM JAMES ALEXANDER, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, Publisher. An invention for an advertising medium to be placed in the water-closets at railway-stations, public and other buildings, to be called “The Sanitary Advertiser.”

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.